Pandemic funding and social-emotional supports in Connecticut schools

Connecticut researchers discuss how school districts planned to support social emotional supports in the aftermath of COVID-19, and what they did. 

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: 

• Morgaen Donaldson, Associate Dean for Research and Professor in Educational Leadership, UConn Neag School of Education; Director of the UConn Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation
• Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Endowed Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, UConn Neag School of Education; Co-Director, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
• Michael Strambler, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University; Director of Child Wellbeing and Education Research, the Consultation Center, Yale University
• T. Lee Morgan, Senior Learning and Evaluation Officer, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; (previously on Educational Leadership faculty at Sacred Heart University)

 

Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Center for Connecticut Education Research Collaboration (CCERC) website
Project Discussed: Identifying Effective and Equitable Socio-Emotional Supports for Students and Educators
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) website

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Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.

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Pandemic funding and social-emotional supports in Connecticut schools was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in February 2025.

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